Homophobia in Sailing?

Can we get back to sailing now?

It has never been illegal to be short, never been seen as an aberration to be corrected, unless that was what the rack was for? Being a bit short and hearing jokes can be a touch wearing, just like tall people being asked about the weather up there, but really doesn't compare to being put in prision.

And yes, when I was a teen, I wanted to be a fireman, but was too short to meet London regulations. I suspect if I'd really wanted to do it, though, I'd have looked further and discovered other fire services were more relaxed about such things. As are the cops these days, I believe.

Originally posted by zippyRN Originally posted by MattK I have heard of quite a few examples of serious homophobia in sailing, particularly in yachts, particularly with south African and Australian crews  I would suspect that is down to the  social conservatism  of the countires in question ...  SA is hugely socially conservative in parts ( and  due to  Apartheid  had a very socially conservative  official attitude for many many  years later  than  other countires in the  developed world - don;t forget  the  impact of sanctions , boycotts etc ), and  Aus isn't much better  despite  nopt havign had the boycotts etc ...  ...  i would also expect there to be variation in attitude i nthe UK  and  it might be some surprising places that were  the worst offenders   -  reflectign the social conservatism of the local populace ...  as an aside i do find it funny when the right on  leftie  'metropolitan  eleite' types  criticise the right for being  socially conservative, it's almost as though same  metropolitan eleitetype  had never met  an actual 'core' Labour voter   from the  kind of  area  where something like Billy Elliott  was  set ...

Edited by Chris 249 - 28 Oct 16 at 11:01pm

Originally posted by iGRF It's a simple word, it's called abstinence. You don't have to have sex with anyone. Thereby modifying your lifestyle choice.

 resists the temptation to   elucidate   on the benefits of the forum to  certain people  having abstained ...  

 you are a bigot  of the first  order GRF 

 the fact you  refer to Sexuality and Gender Identity as a Lifestyle choice indicates  that you more than ignoramus  and in fact are a de Facto and de Jure bigot


 some people may   compare GRF to a part of the anatomy , he has neither the warmth or the depth to be either of the most common comparators ... 

Edited by zippyRN - 29 Oct 16 at 12:20am

I may be mistaken but doesn;t GRF hold a flag role with a club ... i wonder what the club and other committee members would make of his statements ....